i know it definitely isn't epic, didn't take me long at all, but someone please tell me why it was considered worse than this and this

don't make such a fuss over it. It is only one thing anyway, I actually find the second one pretty alright in my opinion, It resembles an abyss because of the way of the red-ish colours are used in the middle, and the first one is because it is strange and cool. So it doesn't necessarily have to be about the art, it could also be about the idea and creativity.